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TLhc Bailv IFlebraskan
Vol. XII. No. 114
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1913
Price, 5 Cents
APRIL FOOL VICTIMS I MILLINERY DISPLAY OF
ARE MANY THIS YEAR FAIR ONES IS BEAUTIFUL
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FARF.WELLTO PROF. CONANT
THE COLLEGE OF LAW GIVES A
SMOKER IN HONOR OF
OUT-GOING PROFESSOR.
UNRIVALED ENTHUSIASM REIGNS
Faculty and Student Estimates of
Professor Conant's New Work
Heard by Spirited As
semblage of Laws
!) .i taiewell sinokei tendril (1 I'm
feoi Conant 1 students and lac
lt e4 Hve- Law C-olleHe lat mlt, J
the pent up enthusiasm of hundieds,
he! I in ( he k foi tile b nellt ol
ncighhoiiug depai t nieiits. broke toith
unchained Lusty was the acclaim o!
lai.iiliai ell and college emblem
Loud was the note of the tabooed
souk Aloft in ridiculous light and
soft spring air, did the younger bones
ot Professor Mae and Consult arise,
when, alter a typical star chamber
dial, these two worthies were given
their unstinted deserts bv merciless
blanket toss The cigars the smoked,
the doughnuts they ate, the cidar
that quenched the thirsty lip these
weie the stimuli of a real spirit among
students of the lak the like cf which
though their beloved professor be ab
sent, thev cannot soon forget
The few but spontaneous formalities
of the evening consisted in the fac
nit v and student opinions of the pro
fessor's new opportunity in fields
abroad Professor Wilson, with the
eloquence characteristic of him, paid
glowing tribute to the effective man
ner in which sturdy Americans, like
Professor Conant, are slowly but sure
ly westernizing the drowsy orient.
His is the work, said Professor Wil
son, ot giving to the Philippines the
last heritage of their American God
father, the common law system of
jurisprudence, which has grown to
maturity in an atmosphere ol liberty
and enlightenment 'I hero could be
no more ilal and substantial mission
Hesides seconding in a most hearty
niannei the appreciations of his col
league. Piolessor Robbins, in i espouse
to loumd applause, was inevitably spe
cifie, in leiiiinding Piofessor Conant
that he had much to bring back Un
American assimilation from the des
potic code ot Spain Spanish law,
said he, compels a man to testify
against hiinselt that he has commit
ted crime, and (lie want of this de
vice in our legal .system has seen
many a guilty man go free Robbins
asked Conant to bring the Spanish
method back.
Sudden and precipitous was the de
scent iroin elevations hitheilo sub
lime, when Professor Maxey arose (o
give his estimate of his colleague's
new woik The cannalialistic impulses
of oriental savagc, the swift gastron
omy with which Philippine nathes
hae digested main a missionary in
all kinds of service, led the Doctor
among other obseivations to note that
Piofessor Conant would be superior
to most ot the missionary type in sat
(Continued on Page Four)
Many Succumb to the Wiles of Prac
tical Jokers and Arc Hopeless
ly "Stung."
The day of slaughter of the inno
cents has passed, again leaving in its
train scores of victims of the prac
tical jokei who have demonstiated
to the universal satisfaction that
there is "a sucker born every mill
life" Scores of those who have been
'stung" have toda sought seclud
I'd retreats where the can gnash
UUi LUi-aiL-hupidesHxuguunil cutL -
template their eas.v succumbing to i merit without comment
the wiles ol their friends and their Several ol the hats made their ini
inabllitv to see through the most,,),, nppearance on the campus yes
thinlv veiled artifices
As an example of the pranks phi.ved
bv the imp of All Fool's Day, sever al
A. T. () 's found themselves entirely ,
destitute of bed linen when thev en
teied the dormitory pieparatoi to
seeking sweet rest in slumber titter
of hours of brain racking study In
amazement that an one could be so
heartless as to leave them to the
inercy of a cold world in this fashion
the searched the house but were
unable to find a single article which
was suitable to use as a downy cush
ion to place upon the unrestful
springs of a bed Finally after hours
of meditation one member had a
happy thought and sent a freshman
to the roof to ascertain whether an
unkind zephyr could by any chancel
have wafted the articles there Hei(a(, (o nm(0 a definite statement un i could be educated
round that the bed clothing was in-1 f u the reports are all in At present, T,M doctor is strong in the belief
deed there and promptly tossed it . tlic betting is five to three on the "lul what Mexico needs tor her own
down to the delighted brothers whoiro8e8 although the violets are com- 'welfare is the substitution oi Anieri-
quickly put it to the use for which
it was intended. But alas, for the
benighted freshman. The same un-
kind fate removed the ladder by
which ho ascended and he was forced
to remain shivering on the roof for
several hours until a kind biotlier,
returning in the "wee sum' hours,"
released him. '
A Phi Delt iMcshman was placed
in an embarrassing position by some
designing jester While walking dow n
() street, unaccompanied, he was slid
tlt'ii 1 pounced upon bv a Lincoln po
' ' '
l.ceinan, and a plainclothes sleuth
"Wha wha what's the inattei," lie ejac
ul. iled tinning pale with fear as he
remembered certain occasions when
lie had made midnight excursions in
search ot unattached barber poles
I tl 11 L , IM1 111 J . V'll ll UMlll, ntuu
the copper ferociously. "You tire
Luke McGluke, the guy who ran away
from home last week." A crowd soon
gathered around the unfortunate
.voutli and he had visions of a prison
cell but finally some friends appeared
who vouched for his statement that
lie was a university student, and he
was allowed to depart In peace.
Now comes the saddest story of all.
Three prominent members of the fac
ulty, namely Professors Fr.v e, (Jass
and Maxcv, were walking down South
Eleventh street discussing various
topics of the day, little thinking that
some designing villian would have
the audacit to play a joke upon them
(Continued on Page Two)
Spring Styles Seen on Feminine
Heads Present New and Start
ling Studies In Color to Mas
culine Observer.
Spiiug hats aie olten worn in the
spring To a lew ot the most skep
tical such a statement uttered in all
sincei It a i . (1 onl.v after a careful per
usal of the data at hand may seem
exaggerated but those who have de
voted sonii little time to the study
ol statistics as compiled bv Iirad-
Ut - iwut &. -Dunn, w4U juicopL tuu wtato-1
terdav
Seventeen were actually
(.oimted Of this number two hun
(ln,(1 .m(j M.,.,iteen were much smal
el. (,an the prevailing type of last I of whom eighty per cent were unedu-
year, eight seven were a trifle smal ' cated and property-less. No people
,.,. amj ju, remainder of the number' n sihl, without some Intelligence;
showed but little improvement The ! at Hist Madero appealed to this inn-
rnti0 of the tendency Is easily cal- Joilty and succeeded in overturning
(liat(.(i As usual, the price remains1"1'' poverninent Put he tailed be-
,),,, S1U11,, regardless of the size of cause the proper! was not ledlstrl-
(j,e hat or Dad's purse i billed
-pj,,, (W() pievailing colors are old 'u' difficult , he s-ud, in establish-
orallge on a black background, blush ' '"K ' P i inanent government in Mex
jK ,)hlU ()ll (laik )nclt modest
ma
toon on steel black, orange on un
bit ached tan, Paris green on fragile
.white while a number ot the flags
of th(1 (Vntral American states occupy
p()Hlons of (rUHt and i,onor
Kor (h). florui distinction we hesi
ing strong Due to the early corning j c,in nil ,UI' " ('r "t tnilitiry des
of faster many of the feather orna-lno,H ,,(' confesses, however, that
merits appear slender and Immature
ll(,n, and ,hoio n robust one flutters
j)r()U(Hy i tnP breeze.
Hatpins still oxist but if the pre
' ,Mll tendency assumes Its proper pro i Inllcn aK even a territorial system
1)(nslties their fato is inevitable, thei i ()f helf gov eminent Where ignorance
having been laigel.v supplanted by thela,1(1 Pwrly aie as pievalent as they
lntl()(lll(., ioI1 ,)f ,,u xaPmiI11 principle'1110 '" M'Xl. Ht needs be
An competent phvsicist can explain
pnm ,,,. W)U sin. jl(.,ested
The pi edominaiit shape is rathei
i., ... . . . ., . , ,,,
. (!eoii;e W ash nuton an but not exclu-
I h(, as tu. h.i( a(.ks (m( i)omt ,n
some case-, thes" points stand east
and .vest with lespect to the wearer
and sometimes north and south As
far as we were able to ascertain it is
really a matter of choice.
j MRS. WILLARD AT Y. W. C. A.
j .
! Memhft of Advlsorv Board Reviews
ork of City and Rural Asso
ciations. Mrs. W. A Willard, chairman of
the advisory board of the Y. W. C.
A , spoke on the work of the associa
tion Tuesday evening in the Y. W. C
A rooms
She fold of the different
phases of the work for the secre
taries in rural and city associations
and imong Immigrant girls.
berg) through carbon and the hydro
Mabel Bath, '16, is suffering from carbons and their derivatives,
an attack of tonsilitis. BENTON DALES.)
MAXEY TALKS MEXICO
TELLS AUDIENCE AT CONVOCA
TION YE8TERDAY WHAT IS
WRONG WITH SISTER STATE
WOULD NOT HAVE INTERVENTION
As An Authority On International Law
the Doctor Leaves Lasting Pic
ture of True Situ
ation. I)r Maxey gave an intense ly Inter-
eating talk on the Mexican situation
yesterday morning at convocation to
a large ai.dience, composed princi
pally of men He gave incidents
showing the character of the last two
reigns, Diaz and Madero, and showed
how dlflicult it was to govern people
ico, is the masses lack of respect
for law and lite, and while that con-
'dition pic vails, we need no! look for
'a set t lenient ol the situation
Dr Maxev thinks that the govern
ment would improve bv substituting
the American rule it the masses
the Lnited States would be shoulder
ing a heavy burden in attempting to
educate the Mexican masses to a
point where they could manipulate as
good many jears, says he
be-
!fo,' "uch a I,""1' (1U1 "'k out n
pei in inent democracy of then own.
Cm-iini? limn i e iumiI.wi niiiir
v oi.imj, iioin i iMogni.eci aiiinor-
.!,-national law, his i .-marks,
it must be noted, impressed their
significance on those who heard them.
Theie is politics in the Mexican sit
uation There is history in it, and
tin re is international law in it, and
the patrons of convocation appreci
ate the thus have such complex
problems disentangled by one among
them who knows.
ENGINEERING SOCIETY.
The Engineering Society meets to
night at 7:30, M E 206. Important
business meeting All Engineers out.
The class in Chemistry H will have
its mid semester examination at tho
class houis on Friday, April 5th. Tho
examination will extend from tho be
ginning of sulphur (p. 176, Kahlen-